Mm. [A sound of agreement on that, though he doesn't believe being backed in a corner is the common impetus for such violence. More just the nature of incomplete beings in general.]

I am sure we will become fast friends.

[He flashes him a coy smile at that, not reading the admission to mean more than what he said. He's incredibly skilled at reading people, and so that sort of familiarity between them that Steven is getting is certainly noticed. Though, the exacts of what it is are not so easily gleamed.]

But years for Jack, is it? How troublesome. It would explain why he's been able maintain such a strong presence. As for the others not involved with this organization...I had indeed surmised as such. There is a man here from my own world who seemingly arrived at the same time as me.

But, he must have suffered that false mother, seeing as he is decidedly not with the Team. A fact I find...rather curious. I'll be sure to keep to the script, I have little interest in my affiliation becoming general knowledge.